Recycling IS A Matter of Life or Death

Thanks to a team of sea turtle researchers on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast a sea turtle can now breath and eat freely again.

Apparently a tourist walking on the beach at the Ostional Wildlife Refuge on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast spotted a sea turtle that had something sticking out of her nose. Thankfully a group of researchers from the Leatherback Trust happened to be on the beach and rushed over to help.

Thanks to a quick decision from the marine biologist and a few minutes of writhing pain for the turtle, the plastic fork was successfully removed from the turtle’s nose. It took her a few minutes before she headed back into the ocean and swam away. You can read the entire story here at Mother Nature Network.

Let’s hope stories like these bring more and more awareness to the problem. At the very least, let it remind you to do your part to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle each and every time. You CAN make a difference.

Sea turtles deserve to swim in a plastic free environment. Don’t you agree?